Circus maximus: Matt Eberflus gets fired in the most Bear way ever

Matt Eberflus looks on during the Bears’ Nov. 17 loss to the Packers at Soldier Field. Michael Reaves/Getty

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I don’t know what kind of business the McCaskeys are running, but it’s not an NFL franchise.

A legitimate pro football team doesn’t allow its sad-sack head coach to do a press conference the morning after an appalling loss and then fire him hours later. That’s what the Bears did to Matt Eberflus on Friday. But don’t mistake ineptitude for coldness. This wasn’t cruelty. This was typical Halas Hall denseness.

A legitimate pro football team doesn’t bring back the likes of Eberflus for one more season after he’s compiled a two-year record of 10-24. That’s what the Bears did…